Maryland Politics: January 23, 2011 - January 29, 2011

Maryland lawmakers will either have to raise property taxes by 56 percent over the next five years, or take away $1.1 billion from classrooms, police, and other core state services to cover record state borrowing, budget analysts said Friday. The...

A Pennsylvania-based gaming company has beat out the owner of the Orioles and a Bethesda-based developer to take over the bankrupt harness racing track in southern Prince George's County. Penn National beat out Orioles owner Peter Angelos and developer and...

Flanked by state and Anne Arundel County leaders, developers of a planned slots casino broke ground Thursday in a parking lot of an outlet mall that is expected to become Maryland's most lucrative gambling destination.

The bipartisanship bug has infected the Washington-area congressional delegation, as local lawmakers are scrambling to find seatmates from across the aisle for Tuesday night's State of the Union address.